Thesaurus: shingles
A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
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- n. A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
- n. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
- A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
- A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way aroundthe body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violentneuralgic pain.
- n eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia n building material used as siding or roofing n coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) n a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. v cover with shingles